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細工 さいく N1

  1. craftsmanship; handiwork; work; workmanship
  2. artifice; device; doctoring; tampering; trick

細工は流々仕上げを御覧じろ さいくはりゅうりゅうしあげをごろうじろ

  1. don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work

細工師 さいくし

  1. artisan; craftsman

細工所 さいくじょ

  1. workshop
  2. Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies)
  3. Edo-period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.

細工物 さいくもの

  1. handiwork; ware

小細工 こざいく

  1. delicate handiwork; intricate workmanship
  2. cheap trick; obvious stratagem; petty trick

真珠細工 しんじゅざいく

  1. pearl work

竹細工 たけざいく

  1. bamboo ware; bamboo work

彫り上げ細工 ほりあげざいく

  1. embossing; relief work

不細工 ぶさいく

  1. awkward; botched; clumsy (work); poorly made
  2. homely; plain; ugly (of a person); unattractive
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